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Decipherment of Old Persian

• readthenotes1 3y ago
  It sounds like several people chipped away at the inscriptions until a genius did it without knowledge of the previous work?
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• pvg 3y ago
  Does anyone know much about this author/site? It looks like some sort of Zoroastrian/Zoroastrianism-enthusiast and let's call it 'independent researcher'. There doesn't appear to be much in the way of external references to this voluminous work and some of it seems a little tendentious or at least, at odds with current consensus. Sites like this are one of the joys of the internet but it's usually easier to figure out the angle.
  • jagaerglad 3y ago
    Can't say much about the linked page but one could read the article[0] about the same topic on Encyclopedia Iranica, which is a better source since it's compiled and edited by scholars in history, linguistics, iranian studies etc. Haven't read them myself but they both mention the epigraphist Grotenfrend at least [0]: https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/epigraphy-i https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/epigraphy-i
    • retrac 3y ago
      The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages: https://www.cambridge.org/ca/universitypress/subjects/languages-linguistics/english-language-and-linguistics-general-interest/cambridge-encyclopedia-worlds-ancient-languages?format=HB&isbn=9780521562560 https://www.cambridge.org/ca/universitypress/subjects/langua... (available elsewhere for less...) also has a good chapter on Old Persian. The chapter on Avestan is also relevant and interesting.